Ponggay's been trying to pacify her fuming girlfriend for quite some time now, but to no avail.
"Look at me." She's cupping Maddie's face so that she'd finally look at her in the eyes, but Maddie being the stubborn woman that she is, still refuses to do so.
She knows she'll melt once her gaze would be locked with Ponggay's beautiful brown orbs.
"I don't want to."
"Love, ano ba? Look at me." This time her tone has this sense of finality. Ponggay is well aware of the "power" she holds against her girlfriend.
Upon hearing that Maddie hesitantly locked her eyes with her girlfriend's. By merely looking at each other's eyes they can already tell what the other is feeling. Maddie's eyes screams anger and insecurities while in Ponggay's eyes you can see understanding, love and a little bit of annoyance.
One of the many things Maddie hates is how helpless she is when she feels jealous. She does not know how to handle it. Most of the times she will ignore it and in the process of doing so she also ignores her girlfriend. Which infuriates Ponggay at times.
Good thing that the latter learned how to handle her girlfriend during times like this. She knows when to give Maddie space and time to think.
Today she knows Maddie needs her to listen to her rants until she calms down so that Ponggay can finally talk and reassure her.
"Nakakainis kasi siya, love. Before I tried to understand him kasi he wasn't aware that we were together. Pero for him to blatantly try to hit on you, IN FRONT OF ME, I just can't let the pass." Ponggay watch her girlfriend having a hard time to grasp the proper words to express how she is feeling. Maddie's shoulder slumped and sighed in defeat.
After their game against UP earlier they bumped into Kobe at the dugout. The couple, everyone rather, is aware that Kobe likes Ponggay. He proudly announces it during interviews or whenever he has the chance to do so. Instead of feeling flattered about it though Ponggay and Maddie, especially Maddie, does not like it.
"But I have to let it pass, no matter how much I don't want to. That's why he is so confident to do so even when I'm around because he knows I can't do anything." She looks so vulnerable, this is Maddie in her truest form, without the facade.
"I hate it. This feeling, I hate how he has this affect on me. I am well aware that you don't give two shits about what he's saying or doing to win you over, still I let him get into my head. Ano namang laban ko doon, he can give you a normal life. Ang dami niyo ngang shippers eh, nai-imagine na nga nila magiging itsura ng mga magiging anak niyo. Totoo naman eh, you two look good together, you're beautiful and he-,"
Ponggay knows she needs to stop Maddie now. The pain and insecurity in her voice is getting to Ponggay too.
"Hey, pinamimigay mo ba ako?" She said with a pout, trying to lighten the situation but the defeated look on her girlfriend's face is enough to let her know that it didn't work.
"No. But-,"
She once again butted in.
"Can I talk now?" She asks softly.
Maddie nodded, "Of course, love."
"You're right, I don't care about Kobe or his annoying antics. Do you think I am not infuriated by his actions? He is disrespecting both of us. You can't do anything but I can and I did. I am sorry it makes you feel as if I would be better if I am with him, pero you are wrong about that, love. Nobody gets me the way you do, you put my well-being before yours and that's one thing I hate and love about you, you make me happy in a way no one else can, you believe in me when I don't even believe in myself and makes me realize why I should do the same thing. You are patient, kind, understanding and loving. When you're mad you never forget about the fact that you love me and that shit amazes me. Choosing to be with you is one of the best decisions I have ever made and I intend to be with you for the rest of my life. Being with you feels home, Maddie. You are home."
Maddie's face softened upon hearing her girlfriend say that. Love, it is shown through their eyes with fire burning within them.
Even if their family and friends knows how Ponngay and Maddie are when they are together without the hawk-like eyes of people who can easily throw judgement towards them. Behind the camera where they don't have a reputation and name to protect, nobody still knows how they are when it's just the two of them. When they are wearing their hearts on their sleeves, putting their walls down to fully let each other in. Those intimate moments where they will pour out what is going inside their mind and show what their heart truly desires. For them intimacy is more than just being naked, it is showing your soul to your significant other without hesitation.
True to their words, they are indeed each other's home.
A/N: Thank you for reading! And don't forget that everything that is written here is merely a work of my imagination. Please comment down below and let me know how you're liking the story so far.
